# ambra
## Danish
### Etymology

From Italian ambra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ambra/, [ˈɑmb̥ʁɑ]

### Noun

ambra c (singular definite ambraen, plural indefinite ambraer)
* ambergris
* southernwood (Artemisia abrotanum)

#### Further reading

* ambra on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$
* Ambra (plante) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian ambra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑmbrɑ/, [ˈɑ̝m.brɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmbrɑ
* Hyphenation: amb‧ra

### Noun

ambra
* ambergris
    Synonym: harmaa ambra
* (dated) amber (fossil resin) (usually as keltainen ambra)
    Synonym: meripihka

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ambra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambrani
ambrani
accusative
nom.
ambrani
ambrani
gen.
ambrani
genitive
ambrani
ambrojeni ambraini $^{rare}$
partitive
ambraani
ambrojani
inessive
ambrassani
ambroissani
elative
ambrastani
ambroistani
illative
ambraani
ambroihini
adessive
ambrallani
ambroillani
ablative
ambraltani
ambroiltani
allative
ambralleni
ambroilleni
essive
ambranani
ambroinani
translative
ambrakseni
ambroikseni
abessive
ambrattani
ambroittani
instructive
comitative
—ambroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambrasi
ambrasi
accusative
nom.
ambrasi
ambrasi
gen.
ambrasi
genitive
ambrasi
ambrojesi ambraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
ambraasi
ambrojasi
inessive
ambrassasi
ambroissasi
elative
ambrastasi
ambroistasi
illative
ambraasi
ambroihisi
adessive
ambrallasi
ambroillasi
ablative
ambraltasi
ambroiltasi
allative
ambrallesi
ambroillesi
essive
ambranasi
ambroinasi
translative
ambraksesi
ambroiksesi
abessive
ambrattasi
ambroittasi
instructive
comitative
—ambroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambramme
ambramme
accusative
nom.
ambramme
ambramme
gen.
ambramme
genitive
ambramme
ambrojemme ambraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
ambraamme
ambrojamme
inessive
ambrassamme
ambroissamme
elative
ambrastamme
ambroistamme
illative
ambraamme
ambroihimme
adessive
ambrallamme
ambroillamme
ablative
ambraltamme
ambroiltamme
allative
ambrallemme
ambroillemme
essive
ambranamme
ambroinamme
translative
ambraksemme
ambroiksemme
abessive
ambrattamme
ambroittamme
instructive
comitative
—ambroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambranne
ambranne
accusative
nom.
ambranne
ambranne
gen.
ambranne
genitive
ambranne
ambrojenne ambrainne $^{rare}$
partitive
ambraanne
ambrojanne
inessive
ambrassanne
ambroissanne
elative
ambrastanne
ambroistanne
illative
ambraanne
ambroihinne
adessive
ambrallanne
ambroillanne
ablative
ambraltanne
ambroiltanne
allative
ambrallenne
ambroillenne
essive
ambrananne
ambroinanne
translative
ambraksenne
ambroiksenne
abessive
ambrattanne
ambroittanne
instructive
comitative
—ambroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ambransa
ambransa
accusative
nom.
ambransa
ambransa
gen.
ambransa
genitive
ambransa
ambrojensa ambrainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
ambraansa
ambrojaan ambrojansa
inessive
ambrassaan ambrassansa
ambroissaan ambroissansa
elative
ambrastaan ambrastansa
ambroistaan ambroistansa
illative
ambraansa
ambroihinsa
adessive
ambrallaan ambrallansa
ambroillaan ambroillansa
ablative
ambraltaan ambraltansa
ambroiltaan ambroiltansa
allative
ambralleen ambrallensa
ambroilleen ambroillensa
essive
ambranaan ambranansa
ambroinaan ambroinansa
translative
ambrakseen ambraksensa
ambroikseen ambroiksensa
abessive
ambrattaan ambrattansa
ambroittaan ambroittansa
instructive
comitative
—ambroineen ambroinensa :

### Further reading

* “ambra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑ̃.bʁa/
* Homophones: ambras, ambrât

### Verb

ambra
* third-person singular past historic of ambrer

### Anagrams

* brama

## Italian
### Etymology

From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈam.bra/
* Rhymes: -ambra
* Hyphenation: àm‧bra

### Noun

ambra f (plural ambre)
* amber (fossil resin)
    Synonyms: (literary) elettro, (literary) succino
** 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXIX”, in Paradiso [Heaven]‎, lines 25–26; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:E come in vetro, in ambra o in cristallo raggio resplende […]And like in glass, amber, or crystal, a ray shines […]
* meanings related to colour/color:
** (uncountable) amber colour/color
** (metonymically, uncountable) yellow
    Synonym: giallo
** (metonymically) any amber-colored substance or object.
* (uncountable) the smell of ambergris

#### Derived terms

* ambra grigia
* ambrato

#### Related terms

* ambracane

### Further reading

* ambra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* barma, brama

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* ambre, ambar, ambrum

### Etymology

From Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar, “ambergris”).

### Noun

ambra f sg (genitive ambrae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) amber (fossil resin)
* (Medieval Latin) ambergris

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Related terms

* ambra grisea

### References

* ambra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Italian ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).

### Noun

ambra m (definite singular ambraen, indefinite plural ambraer, definite plural ambraene)
* ambergris

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Italian ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar), from Middle Persian ʾmbl (ambar).

### Noun

ambra m (definite singular ambraen, indefinite plural ambraer or ambraar, definite plural ambraene or ambraane)
* ambergris

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from French ambre, Italian ambra, or Spanish ámbar, ultimately from Medieval Latin ambra, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar). First attested in 1534.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈam.bra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ambra
* Syllabification: am‧bra

### Noun

ambra f
* ambergris (substance in perfumes)
    zapach ambry ― the smell of ambergris
* ambergris perfume
* sweet gum, liquidambar (tree of the genus Liquidambar)
    Synonym: ambrowiec
* (Middle Polish) amber (resin)
    Synonym: bursztyn

#### Derived terms

* ambrowy
* ambrowiec

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “ambra”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ambra”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

### Further reading

* ambra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ambra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (02.07.2012) “AMBRA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ambra”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ambra”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ambra”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 30

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

ambra f (Cyrillic spelling амбра)
* ambergris
* amber (fossil resin)
    Synonyms: jantar, ambar, amber